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Mark Dixon will be working double duty this spring. In addition to serving as an analyst for ESPN, the former Johns Hopkins midfielder will also help cover games for the Big Ten Network. Dixon’s first next game of the season will be March 7 when Navy visits Johns Hopkins. Dixon, who can be followed on Twitter at @DixonLacrosse, shared his thoughts on lacrosse in February, then-No. 8 Loyola’s loss against Holy Cross, and No. 7 Albany’s hopes without 2014 co-Tewaaraton Award winner Lyle Thompson. Is it time for the NCAA to do something about the lacrosse season beginning in early February and having games either played in snow or postponed entirely? I think first and...

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Mark Dixon will be working double duty this spring. In addition to serving as an analyst for ESPN, the former Johns Hopkins midfielder will also help cover games for the Big Ten Network. Dixon’s first next game of the season will be March 7 when Navy...

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Vicky Ticky Tavie separated herself from a scramble at the top of the lane of eight fillies and mares to gallop to victory in Saturday's 10th race at Laurel Park, a $45,000 optional allowance feature. The Hamilton Smith trainee won on the...

After an extra-innings doubleheader that went until almost 1 a.m, coffeemakers around the city are probably deep into their second pot this morning. While you're waiting for the first few cups to kick in, here's a summary of the morning's local sports...

Day baseball is great, but once Tommy Hunter shut the door on Boston and you were able to get back to work, you probably didn’t do much further reading. That’s why blogger/reporter Jon Meoli writes the Coffee Companion — where every morning, Monday...

Under Armour, which has wooed consumers with sweat-wicking T-shirts and other innovations, is banking on a new fabric that conforms to the foot like a second skin to help the company break into the crowded athletic shoe market.
The Baltimore-based...

Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant spurned overtures from Under Armour and will sign a new shoe deal with basketball giant Nike.
"Excited and humbled to sign back with the swoosh!" Durant tweeted late Sunday, referring to the Nike...

Student activism in the late 1960s spawned a wave of educational reform, and students were emboldened by the new national attitude inviting their participation. One of the initiatives created during this period was the Experiment in Free Form Education,...

Under Armour is working to land NBA superstar Kevin Durant as a pitch man — a sponsorship deal that could be one of the largest ever signed and give the Baltimore company a major inroad into the lucrative basketball marketplace.Signing the popular...

Baltimore Sun reporter Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.
Is Alex Len better off not being the top pick in the 2013 draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers and instead going a few spots...

With Alex Len's decision to leave Maryland after two years for the NBA, it's interesting to see how other former Terps fared when making similar decisions. The majority never amounted to the kind of stars they might have become had they remained in...

OAKLAND, Calif — Orioles manager Buck Showalter's focus was on the Oakland Athletics on Friday night, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t have an eye on what was happening in Charlotte.Right-hander Jake Arrieta, who was demoted Monday after compiling a 6.63...

While plenty of Hereford High School teams have won county or state championships over the years, it took a group of engineering students to bring national recognition to the school.
Five students — four seniors and one junior — won the National Electric...

Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.
Of the Maryland players drafted in the NBA between Joe Smith in 1995 and Alex Len in 2013, whose...

The Yankees and Phillies are in the playoffs, again. The Royals and Pirates are not, again.Same teams, same big money, same October story?Not so fast.The Diamondbacks just went from last to first. The Tigers won a division championship for the first...

The Washington Wizards have decided to address their backcourt problems by signing a point guard who was cut last October for not being experienced enough to handle playmaking duties.
If that sounds confusing, imagine being Shelvin Mack late Saturday...

Old story: Money talksIra WindermanSun SentinelWith Jordan Brand focusing on Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony, it made sense for Dwyane Wade to get out of the Nike shadow alongside LeBron James and Chris Bosh with the Heat.And, yet,...

Brooklyn, the home of the 1970s TV sitcom show "Welcome Back Kotter," is hip once again. The New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association have moved east to Brooklyn, which has a pro team for the first time since 1957. The Nets are now...